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    Education is unnecessary in a despotism, and if it exists... — Carmelics
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    Education is unnecessary in a despotism, and if it exists, should debase the mind and break the spirit

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    • 1.Despotism requires subjects who are fearful and compliant, not capable of independent thought
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    • 2.Subjects who set value on themselves are likely to create disturbances
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    • 3.Fear must depress spirits and extinguish ambition to maintain despotic control
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    • 1.Machiavelli and Ibn Khaldun both demonstrate that regimes relying solely on fear without cultivated loyalty are structurally fragile and short-lived.
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    • 2.A despot requires capable administrators, military officers, and tax collectors whose competence presupposes some form of directed education.
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    • 3.Therefore debasing all education undermines the functional apparatus despotism itself depends upon for its perpetuation.
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    • 1.Hegel's analysis of lordship and bondage shows that the master's identity becomes parasitically dependent on the recognized consciousness of the subordinate.
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    • 2.A subject whose spirit is wholly broken cannot provide the fearful recognition that validates and sustains the despot's sense of power.
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    • 3.Despotism thus requires a calibrated, partial education that preserves just enough selfhood to generate meaningful submission rather than mere inert compliance.
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    Fear must depress spirits and extinguish ambition to maintain despotic...80%Every state is a form of despotism, whether ruled by one or many.75%The principle of despotism is fear74%A despot can dispose of subjects as he sees fit74%

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    In despotic states "a single person directs everything by his own will and caprice" (SL 2.1). Without laws to check him, and with no need to attend to anyone who does not agree with him, a despot can do whatever he likes, however ill-advised or reprehensible. His subjects are no better than slaves, and he can dispose of them as he sees fit. The principle of despotism is fear. This fear is easily maintained, since the situation of a despot's subjects is genuinely terrifying. Education is unnecess
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